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The European Arrest Warrant: Between Trust, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Introduction. The European Arrest Warrant: Extradition in Transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2007

Elies van Sliedregt
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The Framework Decision to establish the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) entered into force on 1 January 2004. Since the adoption of the Italian law on 22 April 2005 transposing the Decision, it has been operational throughout the European Union. In its evaluation report of January 2006, the European Commission welcomes the arrest warrant as an ‘overall success’, as it provides for an effective and swift surrender procedure whilst guaranteeing judicial control and the observation of fundamental rights. National evaluation reports, such as the 30th report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, show that the arrest warrant is widely used to secure the arrest and surrender across the Union. The European Arrest Warrant seems to have largely taken over traditional extradition procedures.

Keywords

European Arrest WarrantImplementationConstitutional CourtsMutual TrustDemocracyRule of LawContrapunctual PrinciplesRefusal Grounds
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Articles
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 244 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Asser Press 2007

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